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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:28.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>AUDITION ANNOUNCMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:22.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>The Last Romance</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>by Joe DiPietro</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>AUDITION DATES</span></u></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>: January 3 & 5 2022 7-10pm </span>(with possible call backs on January 8<sup>th</sup>)<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'><br><b><u>SIGN IN:</u></b> 6:30pm. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.<br></span><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>AUDITION LOCATION</span></u></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>: Sand Lake Center for the Arts. 2880 NY 43, Averill Park NY 12018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Last Romance is the bittersweet tale of 80-year-old Ralph Bellini, a widower who once auditioned for The Met and who has harbored both a passion for the art form and a sense of sad regret over what was not to be. A chance at romance in the person of Carole comes to him suddenly in of all places, a dog park, and in that heightened state of new life possibilities, memories of the young tenor he once was ever present. Ralph’s housemate and care giving sister, Rose, already once abandoned by her husband, fears the consequences of this blooming romance. The past and its secrets and entanglements emerge and offer conflict to the joys of a second and last chance romance.<span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'><br></span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>AVAILIBLE ROLES</span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>:</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333;background:#EFF1F6'><br></span><b>Ralph Bellini</b>, 80, (actor who can play) a jocular, affable teaser at first glance, who has never lost his passion for opera, is open to and hungry to embrace the possibilities which a new romance offers in the face of a life marked by routine and loyalty to his sister and his memories. <br><b>Carole Reynolds</b> 70’s (actor who can play) an attractive woman who is dignified reserved and direct in her initial rejection of her would be suitor but capable of warming to the open-hearted affirmations of appreciation and affection offered by the affable Ralph. She harbors a sad secret.<br><b>Rose Tagliatelle</b>, late 60’s -70’s (actor who can play) Ralph’s fiercely devoted and nag of a sister who clings with tenacity and determination to the haven which her routinized life with her brother in their Italian, New Jersey neighborhood represents even as she clings to the sadness and bitterness of her own history of romance. <br><b>The YOUTHFUL SINGER</b>, 20’s, the shadow of Ralph’s what might have been past. A tenor able to play early 20’s who can sing the beautiful snatches of Italian opera gracing the play THE LAST ROMANCE by Joe DiPietro throughout the script.<span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333;background:#EFF1F6'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>Production dates</span></u></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>: March 18,19,25,26 @8pm. March 20,27 @2:30pm<br><b><u>Rehearsal Schedule</u></b>: </span>Rehearsals will be determined by the Director in collaboration with the actors during the first meeting. <b>Tech week:</b> March 14-17 will require that all actors be present for all rehearsals.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'><br><b><u>Production Directors</u></b>:</span> Maureen Baillargeon Aumand <a href="mailto:aumandmaureen@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'>aumandmaureen@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif;color:red'>Please note: ALL performers must be vaccinated from COVID-19 and will be asked to provide proof.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial Nova Cond",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>